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Unbiased Expert Reviews of Restaurants, Movies, Music, Theatre and FashionSat, 09 Feb 2019 05:17:01 +0000en-GBhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3Too stolid to be funnyhttps://xyngr.com/films/the-fakir-of-venice-movie-review/
https://xyngr.com/films/the-fakir-of-venice-movie-review/#respondFri, 08 Feb 2019 18:18:14 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2715It’s a wonder that a film that was made over a decade ago, gets released, though, The Fakir Of Venice could well have gone straight to a streaming platform. In the interim, Farhan Akhtar has zoomed up the Bollywood pyramid, Annu Kapoor has, sort of, missed the movie bus, and director Anand Surapur remained dormant. The film […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/films/the-fakir-of-venice-movie-review/feed/0Tragedy, Tears in Om Katare’s Kaalchakrahttps://xyngr.com/theatre/kaalchakra-play-review/
https://xyngr.com/theatre/kaalchakra-play-review/#respondSat, 02 Feb 2019 04:30:22 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2693Om Katare’s group Yatri is in the midst of a theatre festival celebrating the group’s fortieth anniversary, which is no mean achievement. Among the roster of comedies and social dramas like Hadh Kar Di Aapne, Chinta Chhod Chintamani and Ravanleela that mark the group’s crowd-pleasing repertoire is the serious Kaalchakra which is, amazingly, Yatri’s most-watched and longest running play. There are […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/theatre/kaalchakra-play-review/feed/0Ek Ladki…: Sweet, sensitive & where no mainstream film has ventured beforehttps://xyngr.com/uncategorised/ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-review/
https://xyngr.com/uncategorised/ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-review/#respondFri, 01 Feb 2019 12:28:22 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2704A mainstream film, with popular stars venturing into the LGBTQ space is cause for a hurrah, even if it is potholed with problems. Even if first time director Shelley Chopra Dhar wants to be politically correct and couch the message of acceptance of alternative sexuality in froth, there are a few areas on contention. Sweety […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/uncategorised/ek-ladki-ko-dekha-toh-aisa-laga-review/feed/0Pepperoni rules at this Bandra bistrohttps://xyngr.com/food/peppermill-food-review/
https://xyngr.com/food/peppermill-food-review/#respondThu, 31 Jan 2019 11:13:30 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2682The Peppermill is a must-visit in Bandra. It offers a large bar, good food including bar snacks, soups, pizza, sandwiches and music. Went because I was nearby and accompanied by a very hungry friend. We were pleasantly surprised. We ordered from a fairly expansive (but photocopied) menu: Pepperoni Thin Crust Pizza (yum yum!) served on […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/food/peppermill-food-review/feed/0Strike A Pose, but do these Bollywood Beauties do it well?https://xyngr.com/fashion/strike-a-pose-but-do-these-bollywood-beauties-do-it-well/
https://xyngr.com/fashion/strike-a-pose-but-do-these-bollywood-beauties-do-it-well/#respondWed, 30 Jan 2019 16:24:58 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2673This one is dedicated to Bollywood beauties that love to dress in western as well as Indian high fashion labels and strike a pose for the paparazzi for whom it seems they are dressing up everyday. But ladies, the dress may be high fashion but does your pose match the couture creation’s beauty? “Strike a […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/fashion/strike-a-pose-but-do-these-bollywood-beauties-do-it-well/feed/0Sounds from Rajasthan with Kutle Khan & troupehttps://xyngr.com/music/sounds-from-rajasthan-with-kutle-khan-troupe/
https://xyngr.com/music/sounds-from-rajasthan-with-kutle-khan-troupe/#respondMon, 28 Jan 2019 18:15:03 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2645The energy at the Royal Opera House was infectious. Many in the audience were stunned by instruments like the wooden clapper khartal, the bowed kamaicha and the double flute algoza. In their bright ghaghras, two ghoomar dancers added to the magic. For over 90 minutes, singer Kutle Khan and his troupe enthralled with their performance […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/music/top-10-patriotic-songs-for-republic-day/feed/0Rubaru Roshni: A Balm for these Fractious Timeshttps://xyngr.com/films/rubaru-roshni-aamir-khan-review/
https://xyngr.com/films/rubaru-roshni-aamir-khan-review/#respondFri, 25 Jan 2019 15:19:06 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2628Forgiveness is seen as a passive quality at a time when revenge is glorified. But it requires courage too, says Rubaru Roshni, a feature-length documentary, directed by Svati Chakravarty Bhatkal and produced by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, for telecast on Republic Day. It tells three stories of perpetrators of a killing and how that one […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/films/rubaru-roshni-aamir-khan-review/feed/0Khoob Ladi Kangana…https://xyngr.com/films/manikarnika-the-queen-of-jhansi/
https://xyngr.com/films/manikarnika-the-queen-of-jhansi/#respondFri, 25 Jan 2019 15:03:58 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2625The ‘Khoob ladi mardani’ aspect of the Rani of Jhansi is part of Indian consciousness, since she is just about the only female leader of her time who has made it to the history books. If a film is to be made about her in so many years after her death, it should either be […]

]]>https://xyngr.com/films/manikarnika-the-queen-of-jhansi/feed/0Propagandist, but not tackyhttps://xyngr.com/films/thackeray-movie-review/
https://xyngr.com/films/thackeray-movie-review/#respondFri, 25 Jan 2019 10:14:29 +0000https://xyngr.com/?p=2617There is a scene in Abhijit Phanse’s Thackeray, in which the leader is a pall-bearer of one of his followers killed in a violent agitation. This simple act of solidarity with the rank and file explains a lot about what turned a cartoonist and journalist into one of the most controversial leaders of Maharashtra. The slim, […]